Been getting email messages re PMs from AgoracomOf course I cannot access those PMs since I no longer have an account there. So anyone from that site who wishes to contact me can do so through SH. I am working on creating a new account at Agoracom but so far no luck being able to post anything. Been reading some really good posts there. Keep up the great work.
PS on subject of using a solar cell to charge a mobile device I have often thought that a very elegant and clean solution would be to use POET's optical thyristor to not only provide the display but to power the display. POETs optical thyristor has the capability to bias from detector to lasing function in microseconds. So the dark space on the screen potentially could be used for powering the device continuously while the display is being actively used as well as when it is not being used.
There were rumours about Apple using sapphire glass for solar charging so I think they are very much interested in the potential to power a device from the display.
https://gigaom.com/2014/01/27/could-apple-be-using-sapphire-glass-for-a-solar-charging-iphone-6-screen/
Remember what Geoff said at the EC. People will find new uses for POET technology that we have never considered before. In this case I am thinking that they very much have considered this potential but you can only do so much research with the small POET team at UCONN. Best to focus on commercializing efforts on the fundamental capabilities first.